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Recent Examples of block grant
The analysis starts with the House bill’s plan to convert Medicaid to a block grant for states.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
There are no houses for humans on the property, so these structures will be new.
O’Connor is also looking to state, county and community block grants for the $3.5 million required to get the program on its feet.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
An idea exists to replace the federal funding of science by state block grants.
—Monica Driscoll, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
Shrinking resources for assistance LIHEAP, created in 1981, provides funding to states as block grants to help low-income families pay their utility bills.
—Conor Harrison, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
There are no houses for humans on the property, so these structures will be new.
O’Connor is also looking to state, county and community block grants for the $3.5 million required to get the program on its feet.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
An idea exists to replace the federal funding of science by state block grants.
—Monica Driscoll, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
Shrinking resources for assistance LIHEAP, created in 1981, provides funding to states as block grants to help low-income families pay their utility bills.
—Conor Harrison, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for block grant
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Trained Individuals People who train to increase their breath-holding abilities, like free divers—people who swim or dive beneath the water’s surface to a considerable depth and without assistance from a breathing device–have reportedly been able to hold their breath for three minutes or longer.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
4 June 2025
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Time and again, both parties have reinforced systemic inequality through cuts to housing assistance, erosion of the social safety net, and a growing trend to treat housing as a commodity rather than a public good, the book argues.—
Ericka Taylor,
NPR,
4 June 2025
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Morris wasn't fazed when the offer of rental aid came with a major condition: That money would end after seven years, max.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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Moore pushed back on the implication that the new aid plan, which was set up at the behest of Israel to counter the alleged looting of aid by Hamas, had been mismanaged.—
Tom Soufi Burridge,
ABC News,
7 June 2025
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The grant would have funded an educational project called ‘Seeking a More Perfect Union, ’ said Haynes.—
Zuri Primos,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2025
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If that sounds extreme, look at the evisceration of recent National Endowment for the Arts grants that have proved vital to America’s film culture.—
Eric Kohn,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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“Block grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/block%20grant. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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